Method and apparatus to facilitate support for multi-radio coexistence
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1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
- actively communicating on a first radio access technology (RAT);
maintaining a second RAT in an inactive state;
yielding potentially interfering resources of a user equipment from the first RAT to the second RAT to temporarily suspend the active communications on the first RAT, the temporary suspension being timed based on when a signal of the second RAT needed to allow proper operation of the second RAT is expected to occur; and
listening for and receiving an occurrence of the signal of the second RAT using the potentially interfering resources during the temporary suspension,wherein the first RAT comprises a long term evolution (LTE) radio and the second RAT comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, andthe yielding of the potentially interfering resources is so that the WLAN radio will receive a beacon after missing a predetermined number of beacons.
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Abstract
Interference between potentially conflicting radio access technologies (RATs) in a wireless device may be managed through a coexistence manager. The coexistence manager allows a first active RAT to yield conflicting resources to a second idle RAT for purposes of receiving signals to allow proper operation by the second RAT. These signals may be, for example, paging signals to a Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio or beacons to a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio.
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1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
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actively communicating on a first radio access technology (RAT); maintaining a second RAT in an inactive state; yielding potentially interfering resources of a user equipment from the first RAT to the second RAT to temporarily suspend the active communications on the first RAT, the temporary suspension being timed based on when a signal of the second RAT needed to allow proper operation of the second RAT is expected to occur; and listening for and receiving an occurrence of the signal of the second RAT using the potentially interfering resources during the temporary suspension, wherein the first RAT comprises a long term evolution (LTE) radio and the second RAT comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, and the yielding of the potentially interfering resources is so that the WLAN radio will receive a beacon after missing a predetermined number of beacons.
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2. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
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actively communicating on a first radio access technology (RAT); maintaining a second RAT in an inactive state; yielding potentially interfering resources of a user equipment from the first RAT to the second RAT to temporarily suspend the active communications on the first RAT, the temporary suspension being timed based on when a signal of the second RAT needed to allow proper operation of the second RAT is expected to occur; and listening for and receiving an occurrence of the signal of the second RAT using the potentially interfering resources during the temporary suspension, wherein the second RAT comprises a long term evolution (LTE) radio and the first RAT comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, and further comprising delaying sending a control channel signal by the LTE radio until the WLAN radio becomes inactive, wherein the yielding of potentially interfering resources is timed to coincide with an LTE paging occasion. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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4. An apparatus operable for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:
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means for actively communicating on a first radio access technology (RAT); means for maintaining a second RAT in an inactive state; means for yielding potentially interfering resources of a user equipment from the first RAT to the second RAT to temporarily suspend the active communications on the first RAT, the temporary suspension being timed based on when a signal of the second RAT needed to allow proper operation of the second RAT is expected to occur; and means for listening for and receiving an occurrence of the signal of the second RAT using the potentially interfering resources during the temporary suspension, wherein the second RAT comprises a long term evolution (LTE) network and the first RAT comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN), and further comprising means for delaying sending a control channel signal by the second RAT until the means for actively communicating on a first radio access technology becomes inactive, wherein the means for yielding potentially interfering resources times the temporary suspension to coincide with an LTE paging occasion. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A computer program product configured for wireless communication, the computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising; program code to actively communicate on a first radio access technology (RAT); program code to maintain a second RAT in an inactive state; program code to yield potentially interfering resources of a user equipment from the first RAT to the second RAT to temporarily suspend the active communications on the first RAT, the temporary suspension being timed based on when a signal of the second RAT needed to allow proper operation of the second RAT is expected to occur; and program code to listen for and to receive an occurrence of the signal of the second RAT using the potentially interfering resources during the temporary suspension, wherein the second RAT comprises a long term evolution (LTE) radio and the first RAT comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, and further comprising program code to delay sending a control channel signal by the LTE radio until the WLAN radio becomes inactive, wherein the program code to yield potentially interfering resources times the temporary suspension to coincide with an LTE paging occasion. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. An apparatus configured for operation in a wireless communication network, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured; to actively communicate on a first radio access technology (RAT); to maintain a second RAT in an inactive state; to yield potentially interfering resources of a user equipment from the first RAT to the second RAT to temporarily suspend in the active communications on the first RAT, the temporary suspension being timed based on when a signal of the second RAT needed to allow proper operation of the second RAT is expected to occur; and to listen for and receive an occurrence of the signal of the second RAT using the potentially interfering resources during the temporary suspension, wherein the first RAT comprises a long term evolution (LTE) radio and the second RAT comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, and the at least one processor is configured to yield the potentially interfering resources so that the WLAN radio will receive a beacon after missing a predetermined number of beacons.
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9. An apparatus configured for operation in a wireless communication network, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured; to actively communicate on a first radio access technology (RAT); to maintain a second RAT in an inactive state; to yield potentially interfering resources of a user equipment from the first RAT to the second RAT to temporarily suspend in the active communications on the first RAT, the temporary suspension being timed based on when a signal of the second RAT needed to allow proper operation of the second RAT is expected to occur; and to listen for and receive an occurrence of the signal of the second RAT using the potentially interfering resources during the temporary suspension, wherein the second RAT comprises a long term evolution (LTE) radio and the first RAT comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, and the at least one processor is further configured to delay sending a control channel signal by the LTE radio until the WLAN radio becomes inactive, in which the at least one processor is configured to yield the potentially interfering resources to coincide with an LTE paging occasion. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. An apparatus operable for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:
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means for actively communicating on a first radio access technology (RAT); means for maintaining a second RAT in an inactive state; means for yielding potentially interfering resources of a user equipment from the first RAT to the second RAT to temporarily suspend the active communications on the first RAT, the temporary suspension being timed based on when a signal of the second RAT needed to allow proper operation of the second RAT is expected to occur; and means for listening for and receiving an occurrence of the signal of the second RAT using the potentially interfering resources during the temporary suspension, wherein the first RAT comprises a long term evolution (LTE) network and the second RAT comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN), and the means for yielding potentially interfering resources temporarily suspends the active communications of the first RAT so that the means for listening and receiving an occurrence of the signal of the second RAT will receive a beacon after missing a predetermined number of beacons.
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12. A computer program product configured for wireless communication, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising; program code to actively communicate on a first radio access technology (RAT); program code to maintain a second RAT in an inactive state; program code to yield potentially interfering resources of a user equipment from the first RAT to the second RAT to temporarily suspend the active communications on the first RAT, the temporary suspension being timed based on when a signal of the second RAT needed to allow proper operation of the second RAT is expected to occur; and program code to listen for and to receive an occurrence of the signal of the second RAT using the potentially interfering resources during the temporary suspension, wherein the first RAT comprises a long term evolution (LTE) radio and the second RAT comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, and the program code to yield potentially interfering resources temporarily suspends the active communications of the LTE radio so that the WLAN radio will receive a beacon after missing a predetermined number of beacons.
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